The New York Times described him as one of the most nuanced online commentators on Israel and Jewish people. He is a globally recognized speaker, educator, author, and digital influencer. With an audience of over 600,000 followers across his social media platforms and content reaching more than 100 million users, Hen has become a trusted voice on Jewish issues, appearing as an expert in media across four continents, including outlets like BBC, CNN, The Washington Post, SkyNews, New York Times and more. Named among Algemeiner’s Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life in 2018 and 2021, Top 50 most influential Jewish LGBT voices, Hen recently received CAMERA’s Portrait in Courage Award. His debut book best-selling, The Wrong Kind of Jew, was released in 2022. This year, Jewish News recognized him as one of the Top 20 Young Jewish Creatives in the UK, and he was named among the Top 25 Most Influential Young Jews by The Jerusalem Post. In 2019, Hen co-founded the Tel Aviv Institute, dedicated to researching and combating online antisemitism.

With nearly 14 million followers, award-winning actress, singer, dancer, and philanthropist Montana Tucker is a leading voice for Gen Z, empowering through her advocacy against hate and anti-Semitism. She began her career modeling and acting at age 9, with her music featured in blockbuster films and her acting in award-winning shows.

Montana’s passion lies in educating others to embrace diversity and kindness. She has been honored by organizations such as FIDF, IAC, and Magen David Adom, as well as by public figures like NYC Mayor Eric Adams and institutions like the National Holocaust Museum.

Her acclaimed docuseries “How To: Never Forget”—chronicling her emotional journey to Auschwitz with her mother—has garnered millions of views and led to appearances on Good Morning America, The Kelly Clarkson Show, and more. She has spoken at major events like the National Menorah Lighting in Washington, the ADL’s “Never Is Now” Summit, and the March for Israel rallies.

Montana’s impactful video at the Nova Music Festival site attracted over 10 million views, and her powerful documentary “The Children of October 7th”, featuring stories of Israeli children affected by terror, premiered in December with President Herzog in attendance. Montana remains a vital advocate against anti-Semitism, reaching millions globally, especially Gen Z.

Yousef Al Otaiba is the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States and Minister of State. His time in Washington, D.C. has been marked by several bilateral accomplishments in the fields of security, civil nuclear energy, health, education, culture, equal human rights and more. Among his biggest successes thus far include his involvement in the US-UAE 123 Agreement and the Abraham Accords normalization pact between the UAE and Israel in 2020. Shortly thereafter, TIME Magazine named him among the world’s top 100 most influential people.

Ambassador Al Otaiba helped bring the Emirates Leadership Initiative to the Center for Public Leadership in 2014. Beyond the Harvard Kennedy School, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Special Olympics, where he’s worked hard to develop new opportunities for athletes with intellectual disabilities, including the 2019 World Games in Abu Dhabi. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for the American University in Cairo and has been closely affiliated with New York University Abu Dhabi, Meridian International Center, Children’s National Medical Center and the UAE Embassy’s Community Soccer Program.

Named one of the “100 Most Important Americans of the 20th Century” by Life magazine, Billie Jean King is the first woman athlete to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom and will be the first individual woman athlete to receive the Congressional Gold Medal. She is the founder of the Women’s Sports Foundation, the Women’s Tennis Association and the Billie Jean King Foundation. She is part of the ownership groups of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Angel City FC and a member of the Advisory Board of the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL).

In her legendary tennis career, King captured 39 Grand Slam singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles, including a record 20 Wimbledon championships. Her historic win over Bobby Riggs in the 1973 Battle of the Sexes, is one of the greatest moments in sports history. In June 2022, she received France’s highest order of merit, the Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur, from President Macron, and was inducted into the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee Hall of Fame as a special contributor.

King has an extensive portfolio of brand partnerships, involving many leading corporations focused on her values of equality and inclusivity, including Gainbridge, Microsoft, e.l.f. Beauty, QVC, Atria Senior Living and adidas. In 2024, Wheaties released a limited edition box honoring King for her accomplishments in sports and in life. She serves on the board of the Women’s Sports Foundation and is the Honorary Lifetime President of the Elton John AIDS Foundation and a past member of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition.

In 2020, Fed Cup, the world cup of women’s tennis, was renamed the Billie Jean King Cup, making it the first global team competition to be named after a woman. In 2019, King’s Southern California roots were recognized with the opening of the Billie Jean King Main Library in her hometown of Long Beach, California. In 2006, the home of the US Open was renamed the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in honor of her accomplishments on and off the court. In 2017, Fox Searchlight released the critically acclaimed film, Battle of the Sexes, which depicts the cultural and social impact of the groundbreaking match.

King, and her partner Ilana Kloss, were named the most powerful out LGBTQ people in sports, on the first ever Outsports Power 100 List in 2023. King also was included in the Class of 2024 by the Hollywood Walk of Fame and will receive her star among the Hollywood Legends next year, becoming the first female athlete to receive a star on the Walk of Fame.

In 2018, King received a Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards. In 2021, she received the Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award and the Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali Legacy Award. King is a New York Times best-selling author and her memoir, ALL IN: An Autobiography, was published by Knopf in 2021 and released in paperback in 2023.

Best known as the founder of KIND Snacks, Daniel Lubetzky is a social entrepreneur focused on empowering people to work across divides to solve our toughest problems together. The son of a Holocaust survivor, Daniel is committed to trying to prevent what happened to his father from happening again.

Daniel is known for launching KIND from one outside-the-box idea into a multibillion-dollar global business committed to making the world a little kinder. With Camino Partners, Daniel and his team of investor-operators now partner with entrepreneurs to build growth-stage businesses driven by shared values.

Daniel’s foray into food was the unexpected outcome of his work to use business to bring neighbors in Middle Eastern conflict regions together. With the OneVoice Movement, he has helped build the largest grassroots movement of Israelis and Palestinians committed to forging a future in which both peoples can live with security, freedom, and dignity. Daniel is also a founder of Builders, a global initiative to replace “us vs. them” with a movement of flexible thinkers and constructive problem-solvers. The organization works across media, civics, and education to equip people to overcome extremist ideologies and work together on solutions.

Daniel’s perspectives on moderation, bridge-building, democracy, and social enterprise are shared regularly in TED, Newsweek, Fortune, CNN, TIME, and other news platforms. Following five consecutive seasons as a recurring guest on ABC’s Shark Tank, Daniel joined the cast as a regular guest of the series for Season 16 in 2024. Daniel is also the author of The New York Times bestseller Do the KIND Thing.

Daniel is a member of the Anti-Defamation League’s Board of Directors. He has received The King Center’s Beloved Community Award, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, Columbia Business School’s Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics, Carnegie Corporation’s Great Immigrants Award, and The Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Civility and Compassion. Daniel was named a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship by President Obama.

Daniel holds a BA in Economics and International Relations from Trinity University and a JD from Stanford Law School. He is a proud US citizen who emigrated from Mexico at age sixteen. He enjoys spending time with his family and practicing magic.

Julie Benko joined the annals of theatrical legend and lore for her sensational understudy-to-star trajectory as Fanny Brice in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl, for which she received Theatre World’s Dorothy Loudon Award for Excellence in the Theatre, was named the 2022 “Breakout Star for Theater” by The New York Times, one of “10 Broadway Stars to Watch for 2023” by Variety, and honored as one of “40 Under 40” for Crain’s New York Business, among other accolades. Other Broadway credits include Harmony (Ruth), Fiddler on the Roof, and Les Misérables. She has starred in numerous off-Broadway and regional productions, including Jane Eyre, Once (Wilde Award), The Fantasticks (BroadwayWorld Nomination), Our Town, Rags (SF Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, Theatre Bay Area Awards Nominations), and more. She will make her screen acting debut in the upcoming feature film “Caravan.” Benko has released 3 albums with her pianist-composer spouse, Jason Yeager, and enjoys a vibrant concert career, having headlined sold-out solo shows at venues around the country such as the San Francisco’s Venetian Room and New York’s Café Carlyle, as well as performing as a guest artist with numerous symphonies. Visit her website, www.JulieBenko.com, or follow her on TikTok/Instagram @Jujujuliebee to discover more!

Juju Chang is an Emmy® Award-winning co-anchor of ABC News’ “Nightline.” She also reports regularly for “Good Morning America” and “20/20.”

Chang has been recognized for her in-depth personal narratives set against the backdrop of pressing national and international news. From mass shootings to the Opioid Epidemic, Chang is a veteran journalist with a wide-ranging body of work. Chang reported on the recent rise of hate crimes toward the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community as anchor of the ABC News Live special “Stop The Hate: The Rise In Violence Against Asian Americans” and the “20/20” special “Murder In Atlanta” following the Atlanta mass shooting.

Chang’s decades-long career has been recognized with numerous awards, including multiple Emmy’s, Gracie’s, a DuPont, a Murrow and Peabody awards. In 2017, she was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Front Page Awards.

Born in Seoul, South Korea, and raised in Northern California, Chang graduated with honors from Stanford University. A former news anchor for “Good Morning America,” Chang joined ABC News just after college. Chang is a co-founder of the Korean American Community Foundation and a recipient of the Justice in Action Award from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. She is a pandemic gardener, devoted wife and mother to 3 sons who identify as “50% Korean and 100% Jewish.”

General Yoav Gallant has dedicated nearly five decades to Israel’s security, shaping its military strategy and national defense at the highest levels. Most recently serving as Israel’s Minister of Defense, he led the country through one of its most challenging security crises, overseeing complex military operations and strategic defense initiatives. A highly decorated Israel Defense Forces (IDF) veteran, Gen. Gallant began his service in the elite Shayetet 13 naval commando unit. Over a distinguished 35-year military career, he commanded some of Israel’s most critical military units, including an IDF missile ship, Shayetet 13, the Gaza Division, the Menashe Brigade, the “Idan” Armored Division, and served as Ground Forces Chief of Staff. He was also Military Secretary to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Commander of the Southern Command, where he played a key role in securing Israel’s borders. Following his retirement as a Major General, Gallant transitioned to government, serving in key ministerial roles, including Minister of Construction and Housing, Minister of Immigration and Absorption, and Minister of Education. Beyond his military and political career, Gen. Gallant co-founded FIDF’s “IMPACT!” Scholarship Program, providing education for IDF veterans. A sought-after expert on military strategy, leadership, and geopolitical security, Gen. Gallant offers unparalleled insights into global defense challenges, national security, and crisis leadership.

Bianna Golodryga is a CNN anchor and senior global affairs analyst. Based in New York she anchors One World with Zain Asher and Bianna Golodryga weekdays at 12pm ET on CNN International and CNN Max.

Golodryga has reported extensively on Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, interviewing former hostages and their families about their harrowing experiences. For the six-month anniversary of the deadliest attack in Israel’s 75-year history, she traveled to Israel to speak with family members of some of the men, women and children kidnapped by Hamas for a special episode of The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper, ‘Hostages: The Road Home.’

Prior to joining CNN in 2019, Golodryga served as co-anchor for “CBS This Morning.” In that role, she led the network’s coverage of President George H.W. Bush’s funeral and conducted numerous news-making interviews, including an exclusive with the CEO of Huawei, his first with a U.S. journalist. She also regularly contributed and filled in hosting CBS Evening News and CBS Sunday Morning.

Golodryga’s time at CBS overlapped with her work as a CNN contributor between 2017-2019. Since joining CNN full time in 2019, Golodryga has helped lead the network’s extensive Russia related coverage, from President Trump’s historic 2018 summit with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, to the Mueller investigation, and most recently, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In addition to her role co-hosting One World, Golodryga continues to fill in host on signature CNN programs including Amanpour and Fareed Zakaria GPS. Previously, Golodryga was the news and finance anchor for Yahoo News and before that, she co-anchored “Good Morning America’s” weekend edition, as well as serving as ABC News’ Business Correspondent.

Golodryga began her career in television news in 2001 as a bureau producer from the New York Stock Exchange for the cable news channel, CNBC. Prior to her career in television, Golodryga worked in the financial services sector.

Golodryga has received several awards and recognition, including the Keystone Policy Center Leadership Award, the University of Texas at Austin Pro Bene Meritis Award, and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Morning Program, Good Morning America.

Golodryga graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where she received a bachelor’s degree in Russian/East European and Eurasion Studies and a minor in economics. She is fluent in Russian.

Follow Bianna on X @BiannaGolodryga and Instagram @BiannaGolodryga.

Yasmin Green is the CEO of Jigsaw, a unit within Google that addresses threats to open societies. She leads an interdisciplinary team that researches and develops technical solutions to a range of global security challenges, including violent extremism, repressive censorship, hate and harassment, and harmful misinformation.

Prior to Jigsaw, Yasmin’s roles at Google include deal negotiation for syndication partnerships, heading operations for Sub-saharan Africa, and serving as the Head of Sales Strategy for Southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Yasmin is a member of the Aspen Cybersecurity Group and additionally servies on the the board of the Tory Burch Foundation. Yasmin has been named one of Fortune’s “40 Under 40” most influential young leaders, and one of Fast Company’s “Most Creative People in Business.”

Van Jones is a U.S. media personality, entrepreneur and world-class changemaker. Jones has a rare track record of bringing people together to do hard things – in areas as diverse as clean energy solutions, criminal justice reform and racial inclusion in the tech sector. In 2007, Van was the primary champion of the Green Jobs Act, signed into law by George W. Bush. In 2009, he worked in the Obama White House as the Special Advisor for Green Jobs. In 2018, he helped pass the FIRST STEP Act, signed into law by Donald Trump; the New York Times calls that legislation the most substantial breakthrough in criminal justice in a generation.

In 2021, Jones was the first recipient of Jeff Bezos’ Courage & Civility Award. He has since founded Dream Machine Innovation Lab and launched RAPPORT.co, which uses A.I. to increase firms’ EQ. A Yale Law School graduate, Van is a CNN host, an Emmy Award-winning producer, a 3X New York Times best-selling author and the creator of the Van Jones Substack.

Ray Kurzweil is a world class inventor, thinker, and futurist, with a thirty-five-year track record of accurate predictions. He has been a leading developer in artificial intelligence for 61 years – longer than any other living person. He was the principal inventor of the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first omni-font optical character recognition, the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, the first text-to-speech synthesizer, the first music synthesizer capable of recreating the grand piano and other orchestral instruments, and the first commercially marketed large-vocabulary speech recognition software. Ray received a Grammy Award for outstanding achievement in music technology; he is the recipient of the National Medal of Technology, was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and holds twenty-one honorary Doctorates. He has written five best-selling books including The Singularity Is Near and How To Create A Mind, both New York Times best sellers, and Danielle: Chronicles of a Superheroine, winner of multiple young adult fiction awards. His new book, The Singularity Is Nearer was released in June 2024 and debuted at #4 on the New York Times Best Seller list. He is a Principal Researcher and AI Visionary at Google.

Andrew D. Martin was appointed Washington University’s 15th chancellor by the university’s Board of Trustees on July 14, 2018.

Martin, who also is a professor of political science, law, statistics and data science, served from 2014-2018 as dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan. Previously, he served in various positions at Washington University in St. Louis, including as the Charles Nagel Chair of Constitutional Law and Political Science at the School of Law, vice dean of the School of Law, founding director of the Center for Empirical Research in the Law, and chair of the Department of Political Science in Arts & Sciences. Throughout his career in higher education administration, Martin has taught courses in judicial decision making and political methodology and mentored numerous graduate and doctoral students. Each year, he teaches “Free Speech on Campus,” a popular class on the first amendment for undergraduate students. In recognition of his teaching and mentorship, Martin received the Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award from the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in 2011 and the Distinguished Faculty Award from the Washington University Alumni Board of Governors in 2013. In 2021, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Along with numerous scholarly articles and book chapters, Martin is the author of “An Introduction to Empirical Legal Research,” which he co-authored with Lee Epstein, the Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in 2014; and “Judicial Decision-Making: A Coursebook,” which he co-authored with Barry Friedman and others in 2020. Throughout his career, Martin has received research funding from many organizations, including the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health. Martin earned his PhD in political science from Washington University in 1998 and his A.B from the College of William & Mary in mathematics and government in 1994.

Marc Morial, one of the few national leaders to possess “street smarts,” and “boardroom savvy,” is the transformative President and CEO of the National Urban League, the nation’s largest historic civil rights and urban advocacy organization.

He served as the highly successful and popular Mayor of New Orleans as well as the President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Marc previously was a Louisiana State Senator and was a lawyer in New Orleans with an active, high-profile practice.

He is a leading voice on the national stage in the battle for jobs, education, housing, health, voting rights, equity, and entrepreneurship.

Marc is a published author; his leadership book, Gumbo Coalition: 10 Leadership Lessons That Help You Inspire, United, and Achieve has been widely acclaimed, and his column entitled To Be Equal, reaches hundreds of thousands.

He is the host of the weekly syndicated television show, America’s Black Forum.

A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, and the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Economics and African American Studies, he has been recognized as one of the 100 most influential Black Americans by Ebony Magazine, one of the top 50 Non-Profit Leaders by the Non-Profit Times, one of the 100 Most Influential Black Lawyers in America and he has also been inducted into the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame in Atlanta, GA.

Marc and his father, the late Ernest “Dutch” Morial, are history makers as the first African American father/son mayors in the U.S. and were the subject of a Double Jeopardy question on the legendary Jeopardy television game show in the 1990s.

Parent of Israeli-American Captain Omer Neutra z”l, held hostage by Hamas

Parent of Israeli-American Captain Omer Neutra z”l, held hostage by Hamas

Santa J. Ono, Ph.D., is president of the University of Michigan and an experienced vision researcher recognized for pioneering work on the immune system and eye disease. He chairs the University of Michigan Health Board, Fulbright Canada, and the University Climate Change Coalition and is an honorary Chairperson of the Japan America Society of Michigan and Southwestern Ontario. He is a member of the United States-Japan Foundation Board of Trustees.

In higher education, he is the Chair of the Council of Presidents of the Association of Public & Land Grant Universities (APLU) and serves on the Boards of the American Council on Education (ACE), the American Association of Colleges and Universities, the Council on Competitiveness and Internet2.

He joined U-M from the University of British Columbia, where he served as president and vice chancellor. He was Chair of the U15 Group of Canadian Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia (RUCBC) and served as Advisor to the Premier on Innovation and Technology. Prior to UBC, he was president and provost of the University of Cincinnati and served on the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier, the state’s technology-based economic development program.

Ono served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He taught at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and University College London. He earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984, and a Ph.D. (with Honors) in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991. He was inducted into Sigma Xi.

As a scholar he served for many years on review panels for the National Institutes of Health and the Wellcome Trust and has advised biotech, pharmaceutical companies and governments on science and scientific policy. He served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the Journal of Immunology, Immunology and the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

He has been recognized with awards such as the Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship, the American Diabetes Association Career Award, Arthritis Foundation Investigator Award, Roche Award and the Pharmacia International Award in Allergy Research.

He has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Inventors, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has been awarded multiple honorary doctorates and was inducted into the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars.

Abigail Pogrebin is the co-author of the 2025 Independent Press Award winner It Takes Two To Torah: An Orthodox Rabbi and A Reform Journalist Discuss and Debate Their Way through the Five Books of Moses  with Rabbi Dov Linzer.   She is also the author of  My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays; One Wondering Jew – a finalist for the 2017 National Jewish Book Awards and still included in synagogue community reads 8 years after publication. Her first book Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk about Being Jewish, for which she interviewed 60 major public figures — from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Steven Spielberg – went into eight hardcover printings and was later adapted for the Off-Broadway stage. Abby was an Emmy-nominated broadcast producer for CBS News’ 60 Minutes, and before that at PBS for Fred W. Friendly, Charlie Rose and Bill Moyers. She has written for the New York Times, Atlantic Magazine, Newsweek, Tablet, the Forward, Vogue, and Harper’s Bazaar. She has moderated public conversations with Hillary Clinton, Lynne Cheney, Madeleine Albright, Bret Stephens, Tom Friedman, Julianna Margulies, Dan Senor, Mayim Bialik, Yossi Klein Halevi, and scores of others at The Streicker Center, the JCC in Manhattan and for JBS Television.  Abby is a past president of Central Synagogue in Manhattan and a board member of The Shalom Hartman Institute.  Abby received The Impact Award from The Marlene Meyerson JCC in Manhattan in June 2019, was honored by The Jewish Week in 2017 for contributions to Jewish communal life, and was asked to deliver the plenary address at Hillel International Conference in 2014.

Aryeh is a partner at Crowell & Moring LLP in Washington, DC, where he has practiced for the past 26 years.  As part of his robust litigation and counseling practice across a variety of practice areas, including hospitality, higher education, sovereign litigation, and general commercial litigation, Aryeh co-chairs the firm’s Terrorism Litigation Practice.  For more than two decades, Aryeh has represented (and continues to represent) hundreds of victims of state-sponsored terrorism and their families in litigation and post-litigation efforts to obtain both recognition and compensation for their injuries and losses in attacks spanning over 40 years.  Aryeh’s team currently represents nearly 200 victims of the October 7 Hamas Attack on Israel (including 85 victims, survivors, and families from the Nova music festival) in litigation in U.S. federal district court in the District of Columbia.  For the October 7 litigation, Aryeh’s team has partnered with the ADL as co-counsel and is working closely with the Barak Malkit Law Office in Israel.

Larry Scott is the former Commissioner of the Pac-12 Conference. Throughout his career as a student-athlete, professional tennis player, and sports executive, Scott has been a game changer: a bold, innovative leader with a vision for transformative change — from expansion and revitalization of the Pac-12 to equal prize money at Wimbledon. Prior to joining the Pac-12, Scott served as CEO of the Women’s Tennis Association as well as COO of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP Tour).

In 2013 Scott received the Americanism Award for embodiment of the best of American values and morals from the Anti-Defamation League. He is also the Founder and Chair of the Sports Industry Leadership Council for the ADL.

Scott graduated from Harvard University with a BA degree in 1986. Commissioner Scott’s firm belief that sport has the power to be a force for positive change has been the hallmark of his career.

Dan Senor is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling books THE GENIUS OF ISRAEL: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World (2023) and START-UP NATION: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle (2009), which has been translated into more than 30 languages. He is also the host of the CALL ME BACK podcast.

Dan is an Equity Partner and a member of the Management Committee at Elliott Investment Management L.P. He previously served in a range of roles advising Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, and Mitt Romney. During the presidential administration of George W. Bush, Dan was based in Baghdad for one year, where he served as chief spokesperson for the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq. Before that, he was a senior Defense Department official based at U.S. Central Command in Qatar. For his service in these roles, he was awarded the Pentagon’s highest civilian honor – the U.S. Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service – by the Secretary of Defense.

He has written for The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal, and appears frequently on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” “CBS Mornings” and Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom” and “Fox & Friends”.

Dan currently serves on the boards of The Paul E. Singer Foundation, Start-Up Nation Central, and the Abraham Joshua Heschel School. He holds a B.A. in History from the University of Western Ontario and studied in the one-year international program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Dan lives in New York City with his wife and two sons.

Ambassador-Designate Elise Stefanik was proudly nominated by President Trump to serve in his Cabinet as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Elise Stefanik previously served in top elected House leadership as the highest ranking woman in Congress as Chairwoman of the Republican Conference. She represented New York’s 21st Congressional District for over a decade where she served as a senior Member of the House Armed Services Committee and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. She also served on the Education and Workforce Committee where she set off a global reckoning in her leadership to combat antisemitism in higher education. Elise was the first Member of Congress to endorse President Trump for his 2024 campaign and served on his Impeachment Defense Team. When she was first elected in 2014, Elise was the youngest woman ever elected to Congress in history. In 2017, Ms. Stefanik was awarded the Distinguished Civilian Service Award by the United States Army. Ms. Stefanik graduated with Honors from Harvard. Ambassador-Designate Stefanik was born and raised in a small business family in Upstate New York – the cradle of the American Revolution.

Sheikh Moafaq Tarif, the spiritual leader of the Druze community, chairman of the Supreme Druze religious council, and chairman of the Druze high appeal religious court. He was born on 30.7.1963, lives in Julis, a village in the Upper Galilee, married and has three children. He is the grandchild of the mythological Druze leader the late Sheikh Ameen Tarif. He graduated from the Druze high school in Yarka in 1981. He studied Druze religion in the Druze religious college in Hasbayya, Lebanon, and finished studies in 1985. For more than fifteen years he was the assistant of his late grandfather, Sheikh Ameen Tarif, The late spiritual leader of the Druze people all over the world. After the death of his late grandfather in 1993, he was appointed as the spiritual leader of the Druze people in Israel, and later he was chosen officially by the Druze leaders for that job. Since 1997 he is the chairman of the supreme Druze religious council, after he was chosen, by the vast majority of the Druze religious council in three terms (Aug 1997, Aug 2010, and Feb 2017). In February 2002, he was chosen to be a religious judge in the Druze religious high appeal court. In September 2016 he was chosen to be the chairman of the Druze religious high appeal court. He has high academic studies (he Studied law LL.B. in January 2010, and finished his second degree of LL.M in law in July 2012 at the University of Haifa)

Jessica S. Tisch was appointed the 48th police commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Eric Adams in November 2024.
Commissioner Tisch is a 17-year veteran of city government who has dedicated her professional life to serving the people of New York. As DSNY commissioner, she managed the city’s waste collection, recycling, and disposal, as well as cleaning and snow removal for approximately 6,500 miles of city streets.

Previously, Tisch served as commissioner of the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT), and citywide chief information officer from December 2019 to January 2022. As commissioner, she ran the largest municipal IT organization in the country, with a wide portfolio ranging from public safety to human services to economic development, as well as New York City 311 and the rollout of the city’s first text-to-911 capability.

Prior to joining DoITT, Tisch spent the majority of her career at the New York City Police Department, where she served as deputy commissioner of the Information Technology Bureau, and oversaw the NYPD’s 911 operations. She spearheaded efforts to use technology to transform the NYPD’s fundamental business processes, including how officers are dispatched and respond to 911 calls, take crime reports, investigate, and search for wanted or missing persons.

She also managed the development and implementation of the flagship Domain Awareness System, which is at the heart of the NYPD’s crime fighting and counterterrorism operations. Under her leadership, every officer was equipped with a smartphone, giving them access to real-time information in the field, as well as improving their accessibility to the public. Tisch also managed the implementation of the NYPD’s body-worn camera program and drove additional efforts to improve transparency and public access to the NYPD, including the modernization of CompStat. She began her public service career in 2008, when she joined the NYPD as a counterterrorism analyst.

Commissioner Tisch is a graduate of Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and Harvard Business School, and is a lifelong New Yorker.

Jonathan A. Greenblatt is the CEO of ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and its sixth National Director. As chief executive of ADL, Jonathan leads all aspects of the world’s leading anti-hate organization. He is an accomplished entrepreneur and innovative leader with deep experience in the private, public and nonprofit sectors.

Since becoming CEO in July 2015, Greenblatt has modernized ADL while refocusing it on the mission it has had since its founding in 1913: to fight the defamation of the Jewish people, and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.

Under Greenblatt, ADL has modernized its operations, innovated its approaches to counter antisemitism from all sides and enhanced its efforts to combat extremism in all forms. During his tenure ADL rebooted its Center on Extremism that analyzes and monitors extremists and hate groups; launched “Never Is Now” the largest annual convening in the world focused on antisemitism and hate; created the Center for Technology and Society in Silicon Valley to fight the rising tide of online hate and harassment; developed the Sports Leadership Council to engage athletes, teams and leagues to confront bigotry and discrimination more effectively; and executed Stop Hate for Profit, the successful campaign that organized businesses, celebrities, nonprofits and policy makers to fight the rampant racism, antisemitism and extremism on Facebook.

In 2022, Greenblatt released It Could Happen Here, a book that sounds an alarm, warning that hate and systemic violence is gathering momentum in the United States – and that violence on a more catastrophic scale could be just around the corner.

Jonathan serves on numerous corporate and non-profit boards and has been recognized on multiple occasions for his leadership at ADL. He has been named by The NonProfit Times to its list of Top 50 Nonprofit Leaders from 2016-2022. Recode named Jonathan to its inaugural “Recode 100,” a list of the top 100 people in business and technology. He has been named among the Top 50 Most Influential Leaders in the global Jewish community by The Jerusalem Post and as one of the Top 50 Jews to follow on Twitter by the JTA.

Before ADL, Greenblatt served in the White House as Special Assistant to President Obama and Director of the Office of Social Innovation. He came to that role after a long career in business. In 2002, he co-founded Ethos Brands, the business that launched Ethos Water, a premium bottled water that helps children around the world access clean water. Ethos was acquired by Starbucks Coffee Company in 2005. Following the acquisition, Jonathan was named VP of Global Consumer Products at Starbucks and joined the board of the Starbucks Foundation.

In 2009, Jonathan founded All for Good (AFG), the largest database of volunteer opportunities on the Internet. Incubated at Google, AFG developed an innovative strategy to organize the world’s volunteer listings. AFG was acquired by Points of Light in 2011. Jonathan also served as CEO of GOOD Worldwide, a diversified media company and as an executive at REALTOR.com, joining the company as a product manager and eventually heading up its consumer products division. REALTOR went public in 1999 (HOMS) and was acquired by News Corp in 2014.

Jonathan has served as an adjunct faculty member at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA and as a senior fellow at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Jonathan graduated cum laude with a BA from Tufts University and earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Nicole Mutchnik is the Chair of the ADL Board of Directors. She is a longtime advisor to elected officials, philanthropic and business leaders, building trust and solutions across government, nonprofit and business sectors. She serves on the boards of the Women’s Political Committee, the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA, the Aspen Institute Leadership Council, Civicas Women’s Civic Action Network, and the Mayor Bass Transition Advisory Committee. She is co-founder of the California Democracy Fund, and previously worked in government and politics, having served Governor Gray Davis, Treasurer Kathleen Brown, Speaker of the CA Assembly Bob Hertzberg, and the organizing committee of the World Cup Games. She attended the University of Pennsylvania in Government Administration, where she was a Fels Scholar, and UCLA undergraduate in International Affairs. She is married to Allan Mutchnik, and they have three children.

As Vice President, Advocacy, Shira Goodman leads the Birnbaum Center to Combat Antisemitism in Education, and the Ratings and Assessments Institute, and our state and local advocacy work.

Shira Goodman joined ADL in 2020 as Philadelphia Regional Director and moved to the Government Relations (now National Affairs) Team in 2021, with extensive experience in leading mission-driven advocacy organizations, focusing on gun violence prevention and access to justice issues. Most recently, she served as Executive Director of CeaseFirePa, Pennsylvania’s gun violence prevention organization. Previously, Shira served as Deputy Director of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, a court reform organization. Earlier in her career, she worked as a labor and employment attorney at Ballard Spahr.

Shira earned her B.A. from University of Michigan and her law degree from Yale Law School.

As Senior Vice President, International Affairs, Marina G. Rosenberg oversees ADL’s work combating antisemitism and hate outside of the United States as well as supporting the Jewish and democratic state of Israel. She leads a team of professionals in the U.S., Europe and Israel pursuing ADL’s mission of fighting antisemitism globally, promoting the security of Jewish communities around the world, and advocating for a safe and democratic State of Israel.

A former ambassador and diplomat, Marina joined ADL in early 2023 after 16 years of service in Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs leading diplomatic missions abroad. She was appointed the country’s first female Ambassador to Chile in 2019 and spearheaded the fight against antisemitism, antizionism, and the anti-Israel BDS movement in that country. Her other diplomatic posts have included Director of the Gulf Department (2017-19), Counsellor for Foreign Affairs in the Embassy of Israel in Germany (2014-17), and Head of Mission in the United Arab Emirates office (2012-14). During her service in South America, Europe and the Persian Gulf region, Marina worked to revitalize Israel’s image and strengthen its bilateral relations while promoting social impact diplomacy.

From 2017 to 2019, Marina also led the Women in Diplomacy Network, a group she co-founded, where she organized dozens of events with other female leaders and brought together Israeli and international female diplomats with the purpose of promoting gender equality in international diplomacy.

A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Marina and her family immigrated to Israel when she was six years old. She earned a B.A. in Political Science and Latin American Studies from Hebrew University and an M.A. in Diplomacy and Security Studies from Tel Aviv University. Rosenberg holds Israeli, German and Argentinian citizenships and is fluent in English, Hebrew and Spanish.

Ari Ackerman is a successful serial entrepreneur, proud philanthropist, and Jewish activist.  His entrepreneurial history includes being the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bunk1.com, the enormously popular technology company that allows parents to see online pictures and send emails/Bunk Notes to kids at summer camp.  Ari has been fortunate enough to have been featured in dozens of media outlets including ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, CNBC, the Today Show, the New York Times, Crain’s, and the Wall Street Journal.

His philanthropic endeavors included serving on multiple boards such as the JCRC, Hillel, UJA, JFNA and was the NYL Cabinet Co-chair for the Jewish Federations of North America. Notably, Ari has been honored by AIPAC, JCRC, Soho Synagogue, Shai, was recently named Father of the Year by the Hampton Synagogue and received the Beyond Duke Service and Leadership award from Duke University. Importantly for Baseball and sports fans, he is also a partner and board member in the Derek Jeter led group that purchased the Miami Marlins in October of 2017.

Daniel is the President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ), the roof body and voice of the Australian Jewish Community.

He has previously held the roles of Honorary Secretary, Vice-President and Victorian Councillor of the ECAJ.

From 2021 to 2023, he served as President of the Jewish Community Council of Victoria, the roof representative body of the Victorian Jewish community. In 2013 and 2014, together with Nina Bassat AM and Harry Rosenberg, Daniel was a member of Maccabi Australia’s Committee of Review into member protection matters.

Professionally, Daniel is a barrister and King’s Counsel, practicing in civil and commercial litigation. He has previously received the Ron Merkel KC award from the Victorian Bar for his pro bono advice and advocacy in respect of homelessness and elder law.

Daniel and his wife have three children who attend Jewish day schools.

Jacki Alexander is the CEO and President of HonestReporting, leading the organization’s strategic vision and direction. She came to the organization after 15 years with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), where she played a key role in strengthening pro-Israel support across Florida and the Southeastern United States.

Recognized as one of the “Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life, 2024” by The Algemeiner, Jacki is bringing innovating ideas to the fight against anti-Israel disinformation campaigns and Israel advocacy. She holds an MSc in the History of International Relations from the London School of Economics.

Loay Alshareef is a linguist and educator based in Abu Dhabi with a passion for Semitic languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, and Syriac. Born in Saudi Arabia, his views on Jews and Israel transformed during his studies in France, where he lived with a Jewish host family. This experience inspired him to counter antisemitic disinformation and advocate for the Abraham Accords. Since 2012, he has created educational content on language and history, aiming to foster understanding and cooperation between Arabs and Jews. Loay holds a Master’s degree in Software Engineering from Penn State.

Matt Benjamin is a partner in the New York office of Gibson Dunn. He is a member of Gibson Dunn’s Litigation, White Collar Defense and Investigations, and Crisis Management Practice Groups, among others. Matt has deep experience counseling prominent individuals and companies in sensitive privacy and defamation matters, reputational recovery matters, and founders’ disputes. Matt maintains a robust pro bono practice, with a particular focus on federal sentencing law, crime victims’ rights, and alternatives to incarceration. In November 2023, Matt and his colleagues at Gibson Dunn were honored to start – alongside ADL, Hillel International, and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law – the Campus Antisemitism Legal Line (CALL), a free legal protection helpline for college students and faculty who have experienced antisemitism.

Uri Berliner is an editor and writer who is the recipient of Peabody, Loeb and Edward R. Murrow awards, among others, including a Nieman Fellowship for journalism at Harvard. As a newspaper reporter, he covered business and economics. At NPR, where he worked for 25 years, Uri handled breaking news, enterprise stories, and podcast development. Uri was a senior business editor at NPR until last April, when he wrote an essay for The Free Press saying that the once “open-minded, curious” network lost its way when it became mired in bias, and began telling its audience what to think. He was suspended without pay, denounced by NPR’s CEO, and subsequently resigned. He is now a contributing editor at The Free Press.

Jolie Brislin serves as the Desert Region Regional Director for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), overseeing operations in Nevada and Arizona.

Believing in the power of uniting communities to combat hate, Jolie has organized events such as the “ADL Walk Against Hate” and the “Nation of Immigrants Seder.” She co-chaired the “Nevada Against Antisemitism” proclamation.

Jolie represents ADL on the Las Vegas Metropolitan Sheriff’s Multi-Cultural Advisory Council and the State of Nevada’s Subcommittee on Holocaust and Other Genocides. She is also involved with the Hecht Trauma Institute, Southern Nevada Interfaith Council, Congregation Ner Tamid, and is a member of the 2024 Super Bowl Host Committee. In recognition of her efforts, Jewish Nevada honored her as the Jewish Communal Professional of the Year in January 2022.

Her dedication has been acknowledged by organizations such as Wynn Resorts and Temple P’nai Tikkvah, and she is a proud recipient of ADL’s Senn-Ginsberg Award.

Born in Sunnyvale California, raised in Tel Aviv and Atlanta, Gal served as a staff sergeant in Naha brigade and studied industrial engineering at TAU.

Gal works as budget and planning manager at Energix North America in Washington DC.
He is a survivor of the October 7^th Nova Music Festival.

Jason Calderon is a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, pursuing a degree in Business Administration with minors in Entrepreneurship and Advertising/Public Relations. He is deeply committed to combating antisemitism and fostering inclusive campus environments. As the President and Founding Father of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity chapter at UNC, Jason has led initiatives promoting Jewish community engagement and advocacy, including organizing educational programs and community service projects. He has also moderated panels with Holocaust survivors on behalf of multiple Jewish organizations to ensure that history will never repeat itself.

Joel Cohen is Director of Government Relations for the ADL (Anti-Defamation League), where he leads ADL’s federal advocacy efforts on international affairs and tech policy, specifically focused on combatting online hate and harassment. He began his career interning on Capitol Hill for United States Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland during his final semester at Syracuse University. Following graduation, he was hired full-time in the Senator’s personal office before transitioning to work for the Senator in his capacity as the Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC). After a brief hiatus from the Hill, during which he obtained his M.P.A. from the University of Maryland, he returned to Capitol Hill as a Legislative Assistant focusing on foreign policy and gaming issues and was subsequently promoted to Legislative Director in the Office of Congresswoman Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District.

Zvi Cole is a renowned marketer, an “accidental Jewish activist”, and a dedicated board member.

Zvi is the Founder of ZMG Marketing Advisors, a consultancy dedicated to empowering brands with tailored marketing 360 comms, media, and integrated marketing strategies.  He has worked with countless brands from Revlon to Reebok, NIVEA, EUCERIN, AQUAPHOR, American Crew, CND, LOVESAC, MUVICO, Crown Theatres, and more.

Zvi earned an MBA from Babson College and a bachelor’s in Marketing, Management, and Communications from Emory University.

In addition to his professional achievements, Zvi is deeply committed to philanthropy. He has held board positions at Donate Life CT, American Liver Foundation CT, and The Ellie Fund, demonstrating his dedication to making a positive impact in the community and supporting causes that are close to his heart.

Follow Zvi on Instagram, X, and Threads @TheRealZvi

Mark Donig is an attorney in Washington, D.C., whose practice fuses international transactions, commercial diplomacy, venture capital, and immigration.  Mark also serves as a Millennium Fellow at the Atlantic Council.

In addition to his corporate work, Mark has co-led or advised on multiple operations to defend dissidents and secure the release of hostages from Iran, Uganda, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Gaza and elsewhere. Mark is a two-time recipient (2017 and 2019) of The Certificate of Special Recognition from the Office of the Speaker of the House for his humanitarian and diplomatic work in the Middle East and Africa.

Mark serves as board member of the National Library of Israel and the James W. Foley Memorial Foundation, and Regional President of United Hatzalah’s Board for Northern California. He is the co-founder of the African Middle Eastern Leadership Project (AMEL). Finally, Mark serves as Global Ambassador for the ADIR Challenge, as well as on the advisory board of the Future Resilience Fund and the Helen Diller Berkeley Institute of Jewish Law and Israel Studies (UC Berkeley School of Law). Mark holds a J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law, an M.A. from Reichman University, and a B.A. (Public Policy) from Stanford University.

Samantha Ettus is a Jewish activist, bestselling author, speaker, and media personality. Since October 7th, Ettus has combatted antisemitism and rallied the Jewish community through her large social media following, her weekly Good Jewish News segment, and her popular Substack newsletter, The Jewsletter. She also launched the award winning New Voices campaign, bringing celebrities from Cindy Crawford to NBA star Zach Randolph to speak out against antisemitism. Sam appears frequently on national TV as a thought leader. Sam is a mom of three teenagers and received her BA and MBA from Harvard.

Zach Sage Fox is a Philadelphia native turned YouTube sensation by high school, which then quickly landed him a development deal with the Disney Channel at just 17 years old. He went on to create two shows for the network in Los Angeles, where he then started a production company. Their studio relocated back east when Fox attended the University of Pennsylvania, where Fox studied film and political communication. While a junior at Penn he made his first feature film, which he wrote, starred in a directed before selling to Hulu, followed up by another hit with Amazon Prime.

In the years since his business has become an NYC multimedia empire both known for its award-winning film and TV division, where he’s sold, written, directed, produced, and starred in, projects for TLC, Amazon and HBO MAX; as well as pioneered the new world of viral video and meme marketing with juggernaut brand partners like goPuff, Kickstarter, What Do You Meme?, Pioneer, Bud Light, MTV, Bloomberg and more. On social media Fox has millions of followers across TikTok and Instagram where his videos on mental health, voting, and combatting anti-semitism have made him an actor turned viral activist, racking up billions of views for brands and non-profits alike. He has a musical in development too.

Since October 7th, he has spearheaded and been the star of “Facts for Peace,” a social media initiative backed by Jewish titans of business, where his studio’s viral videos combatting Hamas propaganda and antisemitism have racked up well over a billion views and impressions, and have even been featured by the Israeli government, United Nations, and most recently the US Congress during its hearing on college antisemitism with his global journalistic sensations, “Gaza Graduation” and the “Wild West Bank.”

Susan is a seasoned nonprofit advocate and political organizer with over 30 years of leadership in healthcare, housing, the arts, peacebuilding, and anti-discrimination initiatives. A dedicated representative, she has regularly served as a political delegate for her district at both local and national levels. Through her work in progressive organizing, Susan recognized that the disproportionate focus on Israel often crossed into antisemitism. Determined to address these concerns, she collaborated with like-minded individuals in 2017 to co-found Progressive Zionists of California, establishing a platform to advocate for progressive values while addressing and combating antisemitism and bias against Israel.

David Goldenberg is the Evelyn R. Greene Midwest Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).  Based on Chicago, David oversees the ADL’s activities in northern Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, western Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

Prior to joining ADL, for more than a decade David was a senior leader at Resolute Consulting, a national public affairs and strategic advisory firm.  During this time, he built a reputation as a trusted strategic thinker and communicator.  He guided public and private sector clients through the development of complex, multi-layered communications and stakeholder engagement strategies to advance their business, legislative and political priorities.  This included high-level crisis communications and issues campaigns for Fortune 100 and 500 brands.

Prior to joining Resolute in 2009, David spent nearly a decade in government and politics.  He began his career as a legislative aide to a state senator in Michigan and then moved to Washington, DC following the 2000 election.  David worked his way up on the Hill, working first for U.S. Senator Tom Carper (DE) and then U.S. Representative Alcee L. Hastings (FL).  When he left the Hill in 2009 to move to Chicago, David was Representative Hastings’ chief of staff and senior policy adviser, as well as an associate staff member of the House Committee on Rules and staff director of both the House Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process and the Democratic Israel Working Group.

During his time with Representative Hastings, David played significant roles in launching programs to strengthen ties between black, Latino and Jewish members of Congress and helped Representative Hastings combat the spread of anti-Semitism, xenophobia and religious discrimination through the Representative’s role as Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission and President of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly.

David was appointed by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to serve on the Illinois Commission on Discrimination and Hate Crimes, is a member of the Illinois State Treasurer’s Community Advisory Council, and is a 2021 Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow, the region’s leading civic and philanthropic fellowship.  He is a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago (JUF) and of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) National Young Leadership Cabinet.

David graduated from James Madison College at Michigan State University with a BA in International Relations and earned an MA in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University while working on the Hill.

Archie Gottesman is the co-founder of JewBelong.org, a groundbreaking organization and web-based platform originally focused on rebranding Judaism to make it more warm, relevant and welcoming for all, no matter where they are on their Jewish journey! Since May of 2021, JewBelong has also been raising awareness about the evils of antisemitism through their billboard and digital campaigns. JewBelong’s bright pink billboards, with messaging like Let’s be clear: Hamas is your problem too and I need to be able to tell my children I did not stay silent have been in over 31 states, and are laser focused on getting out of the Jewish echo chamber and speaking plainly in memorable sound bites to the 98% of Americans who are not Jewish. Archie resides in New York City.

Shelley Greenspan is a seasoned foreign policy and strategic communications leader with extensive experience in both government and private sector. Most recently, she worked at the White House as the Liaison to the American Jewish community and as the Director for Partnerships and Global Engagement at the National Security Council. Previously, Shelley served as Senior Partnerships Manager at the State Department, where she led public diplomacy initiatives and cultivated strategic partnerships to advance U.S. foreign policy objectives. Before joining the State Department, Shelley worked at Amazon as a Global Innovation Policy Associate, where she managed the company’s relationships with policymakers and key stakeholders. During the 2016 election, she served on the policy and research team for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. She also has significant experience on Capitol Hill, having covered the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs Committees for AIPAC. The granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, Shelley graduated cum laude from the University of Florida with degrees in Political Science and Public Relations.

Rachel Grinspan is ADL’s Associate General Counsel. In this role, she focuses on using the law to hold people and entities accountable for engaging in antisemitism, hate or extremism, as well as helping to provide justice for individuals who have been targeted by hate. As part of the national litigation team, Rachel helps run the Campus Antisemitism Legal Line (CALL) and focuses on efforts to expand ADL’s reach within the courts and with law firms across the country. Before her current role, she served as Associate Regional Director of the NY/NJ Regional Office and as Director of Law Enforcement Policy & Civil Rights for ADL’s national Law Enforcement team. Prior to joining ADL in 2019, Rachel worked as an Agency Attorney for the New York City Police Department and as an Assistant District Attorney in the Special Victims Bureau at the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office. She holds a B.A. from Syracuse University and a Juris Doctor from Touro Law School.

Dan Grunfeld is a former professional basketball player, an accomplished writer, and a proud graduate of Stanford University. An Academic All-American and All-Conference basketball selection at Stanford, Dan played professionally for eight seasons in top leagues around the world, including in Germany, Spain, and Israel. Dan is the author of the critically acclaimed book, By the Grace of the Game, and his writing has been published more than 40 times in media outlets such as Sports Illustrated, The Jerusalem Post, and NBC News. Dan earned his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2017 and lives with his wife and sons in Northern Virginia, where he works in venture capital.

Renée Hall is a respected thought leader who is recognized for her 21st Century Policing Leadership Experience She is the Founder and CEO of TUU Enterprises, LLC., Law Enforcement Consultancy Firm. She provides assessments of police departments for areas of potential improvement in their policies and procedures, to avoid unnecessary risks and reduce negative outcomes. She also provides strategic recommendations and ideas for modernization and paths in policing that better unite police agencies with the communities they serve.

Hall currently serves as the National 1st Vice President of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE). She also holds the position of Executive Director of the Community Solidarity and Safety Coalition (CSSC), an alliance comprised of non-governmental and non-partisan leaders working to collectively address critical community safety issues, shaping community responses to solidarity and safety challenges and partnering with federal, state, and local governments to keep communities safe from rising threats like domestic terrorism.

Renée served most recently as chief of police for the Dallas Police Department, leading a 4,000-member, nearly $600 million dollar law enforcement agency through proven 21st century best practice strategies. She is most recognized for technology innovation, data driven decision making, community outreach, officer wellness and creating department reform and accountability designed to reduce crime and modernize the effectiveness of the city’s police force. Hall was the first woman to ever lead the Dallas Police Department, and one of only a very few African American women to serve as police chief nationwide.

She oversaw the department during one of the most challenging, unprecedented, and tumultuous times in modern history. She led through the difficult COVID 19 pandemic shutdowns in early 2020 and steered the department through Dallas’s portion of the worldwide Black Lives Matter protests sparked by the killing of Mr. George Floyd, by police.

Prior to leading in Dallas, Renee’ spent nearly 20 years in the Detroit Police Department in a series of increasingly responsible roles, beginning as a police officer and culminating as the department’s deputy chief of police.

Reneè is a Harvard University Fellow of the 2022 Advanced Leadership Initiative. She also served as a Senior Editor of the Harvard Social Impact Review. Renee’ has developed, in collaboration with Harvard Professional Schools and academic departments, a comprehensive program that seeks to provide intergenerational employment, increases literacy, and creates opportunities for wealth building through financial education and training. The program will also address the intersection between law enforcement and economic inequalities in communities of color.

While at Harvard, Hall, in partnership with Saul Glick, a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Law School and former London Metropolitan Police Officer, launched “Police for America.” An 8-week pre -police academy that prepares recruits to challenge the status quo of policing culture through Ivy League academic training, leadership, organizational management/ development, and mentorship.

Reneè also serves as a Senior Fellow with Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, a global venture philanthropy firm, where she assists in finding innovative organizations providing social impact through social justice, transparency, and accountability, to provide funding.

Reneè earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Grambling State University, as well as two Master of Science degrees from the University of Detroit Mercy in Security Administration and Intelligence Analysis, respectively. She is also a graduate of the 262nd Session of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and the Major Cities Police Chief’s Association Police Executive Leadership Institute (PELI). She is a member of International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Juvenile Justice and Child Protection Committee, The International Women’s Forum (IWF), and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated

Bianca Jade is a Jewish Honduran-American entrepreneur and TV/internet personality. She started her career as a corporate advertising creative writing and directing TV commercials and then founded her company Mizzfit, a digital content creation and multi-media production house, in 2009. Bianca has partnered with thousands of global brands such as Walgreens, amazon, adidas, New Balance, GoDaddy, Marriott, Ford, Michelob, Nivea and Cetaphil. She is a guest host on HSN where she is a spokesperson for beauty & wellness brands. Bianca has traveled nation-wide as on-air news correspondent and across the world as a travel writer and influencer. She has appeared on outlets such as Today Show, CBS Morning News, BANFIELD, Dr. Oz, and regional affiliates across the country. She dedicates her free time to philanthropy and is currently an ambassador for Orphans of 10-7, a foundation that helps support children who lost one or both parents in the massacre. Bianca proudly used every opportunity she could in 2024 to volunteer with fundraising organizations for Israel. Bianca has traveled to Israel twice since the war started. She was one of the first influencers to go to Israel to document the carnage of Oct 7^th, volunteer and work with other activists. She is a proud Jewish woman.

Julia Jassey is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Jewish on Campus, the leading voice for Jewish students in the United States, combatting antisemitism, engaging in grassroots activism, and advocating for the Jewish community. Working together with students around the country, she has advocated for students at every level—from university administrators, to international news outlets, to the White House as a contributor to the National Strategy to Combat Antisemitism. She was awarded at the Anti-Defamation League’s 2021 Concert Against Hate for her leadership in the Jewish community, and she was considered one of Algemeiner Magazine’s “Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life” in 2021. She graduated from the University of Chicago in 2023, where she studied Political Science and Jewish Studies.

Freddi Weiss-Kadden’s distinguished career in the apparel industry spans over 25 years, marked by her exceptional leadership, strategic expertise, and dedication to driving business growth. Her professional experience includes directing merchandise and sales teams nationwide, as well as sourcing new products globally. In addition to her apparel industry experience, Freddi has successfully managed her family’s real estate business in New York City.  Freddi’s philanthropic efforts are a testament to her deep-seated commitment to giving back, exemplified by her annual breast cancer fundraising event, which raises over $250,000 each year. She also actively supports initiatives providing essential school supplies to underprivileged children across New York State as well as organizes toy drives for children in need in the Bronx.

Freddi’s connection to Israel and Judaism is deeply personal, with her husband’s family having perished in Auschwitz except for her father-in-law and Aunt. Freddi’s father’s family fled Poland under dire circumstances to build a life in the United States.  The Weiss-Kadden families actively support various causes benefiting Israel including JNF, UJA, FIDF, and Birthright.

On October 8th Freddi recognized the urgency of combating anti-Semitism, emphasizing education, students, and college campus environments. As the mother of three sons who graduated from the University of Michigan, Freddi seeks to preserve an environment that is safe, diverse, and engaging where future generations can flourish as her sons did.

As a board member of MACA, Freddi holds responsibility for the page’s content. Collaborating with a skilled team of moderators and administrators, she is poised to drive positive change in the effort to safeguard students, empower parents, advocate for change, and promote community engagement.

Wendy Kahn is the National Director of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies, a position she has held for 18 years.

She responds to antisemitic incidents, working with various authorities to ensure that SA retains its relatively low levels of antisemitism.  The majority of SA antisemitism hails from the anti-Israel/ BDS groups in the country, something that she has been involved in exposing and acting against for nearly two decades.

Since Oct 7, Wendy, together with the leadership of the SAJBD have addressed the many challenges facing SA Jewry in the face of an increasingly hostile government.  Some of the challenges have been addressing government’s hostility to Israel and the SA Jewish community, responding to anti-Israel aggression in the media, protests and on campuses and supporting the SA Jewish community during this difficult time.  The SA government’s ICJ case and other manifestations of government’s contempt for Israel have had practical implications for local Jewry.  The SAJBD has worked to assist the community in addressing these issues.

A large part of Wendy’s work involves ensuring that SA campuses provide safe spaces for Jewish students, that observant Jewish students are not disadvantaged with exams on shabbat or chagim and that antisemitic incidents or sentiment on campus are addressed.

David Christopher Kaufman is an Editor and Columnist at the New York Post where he oversees their weekly Ideas/Opinions/Books section, PostScript. Kaufman is also a frequent contributor to The Telegraph, AirMail, Commentary, The Forward and The Spectator — he’s an Adjunct Fellow at The Tel Aviv Institute and regularly appears on global television news outlets including Fox News, Sky Australia and I24. His work focuses on the intersections of politics and culture with a particular focus on Israel, Zionism and antisemitism and the ways in which they connect with race, identity and global affairs.

A San Francsisco-native, Kaufman completed his undergraduate studies at Brandeis University and Graduate Studies at New York University. He has held editor positions at Conde Nast, The New York Times and Quartz.

Daniel Kelley (he/him/his) is the Director of Strategy and Operations and Acting Head of the ADL Center for Technology and Society (CTS). CTS is a research-driven advocacy center that works to end the proliferation of antisemitism and all forms of hate and harassment online. Daniel was the second employee of the center after its founding in 2017 and has lead tech company engagement for ADL since that time. Since 2019, Daniel has been the lead author of ADL’s annual nationally representative survey of hate, harassment and extremism in online games. He also leads CTS’ tech accountability research efforts, such as its Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial Report Cards, which look at ways to create research grounded advocacy products to inform the public about the nature of hate and harassment online and to hold tech companies accountable.  He has spoken publicly on these issues at the Game Developers Conference, RightsCon, Games for Change and has been consulted on issues related to hate and extremism in gaming by numerous federal US agencies, US legislative offices as well as government agencies in the UK, France and Germany.

Dr. Miriam “Mimi” Knoll, M.D., DABR is CEO of the Jewish Orthodox Women’s Medical Association (JOWMA), and is a radiation oncologist at Northwell Health. Dr. Knoll is an international speaker and researcher focusing on the medical workforce, women in medicine, and digital communication in medicine. Dr. Knoll is a writer and Forbes Healthcare contributor. She was named a Crain’s Healthcare leader in 2023 and City & State Trailblazer in Healthcare in 2025. You can follow her on Twitter @MKnoll_MD and on Instagram @Dr.Mimi.K.

Corena G. Larimer joined ADL in 2024, leveraging her experience navigating complex legal issues in high-stakes litigation and regulated industries to expand ADL’s litigation practice. As ADL’s Associate Counsel for National Litigation, Corena is instrumental in the organization’s growing initiative to hold businesses and organizations accountable in court for discriminatory business and employment practices. She is also central to ADL’s litigation efforts combatting hate and antisemitism in schools, including providing pro bono legal assistance to students and families through the K-12 Antisemitism Legal Line and Campus Antisemitism Legal Line (CALL) with a network of law firms and partner organizations.  

Prior to joining ADL, Corena developed a deep expertise in the life sciences industry as in-house and outside litigation counsel, playing significant roles in trial, regulatory, briefing, litigation coordination, and product launch teams. She has handled all phases of civil litigation and earned recognition for her expertise in complex legal analysis and briefing. She has also served as amicus counsel to national and state healthcare professional associations in appeals with industry-wide impact. She graduated from Oberlin College and earned her law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. 

Ryan Lavarnway is proof that resilience, adaptability, and determination can lead to incredible success – no matter the odds.

As someone who’s been added to and removed from Major League Baseball rosters more than anyone else in history, Ryan’s story isn’t just about success—it highlights the power of perseverance. Overcoming every obstacle, he built an impressive 10-year MLB career as a catcher, became a World Series Champion, and competed as an Olympian.

Ryan now brings his winning mindset beyond the diamond as a speaker and mentor, inspiring teams and individuals to unlock their potential through adaptability, resilience, and self-belief.

Dr. Tara Liberman is a Licensed Psychologist in private practice in New York City. She specializes in individual psychotherapy with adults and children preschool age through adolescence and their families. In addition to her psychotherapy practice, Dr. Liberman supervises doctoral students and early career psychologists working with children, teens, and parents. Her post-doctoral education includes the Child and Adolescent Program at the William Alanson White Institute where Dr. Liberman teaches and supervises psychology and social work students. Dr. Liberman is the Founder and Director of the Jewish Community Mental Health Initiative (JCMHI) at the American Psychological Foundation which is currently providing 25 weekly free virtual support groups to the Jewish Community. Dr. Liberman has a passion for education and a long history of working with both private and public schools as an in-house psychologist or outside consultant.

Noah Lederman, originally from Orange County, California, is a sophomore at Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, where he is studying Philosophy, Political Science, and Jewish Ethics.

Since October 7, Noah has appeared on-camera on several national news programs on Fox and ABC, in a video alongside Jonathan Greenblatt to promote the ADL’s “Not On My Campus” initiative, and was featured on a Fox Nation special, “Antisemitism on Campus: Students Speak.” He has had op-ed pieces published in JLife Magazine (January 2024) and Ha’aretz (April 2024) and his student activism was featured in a profile in the Jewish Journal (July 2024). Noah has also been quoted in numerous other print and online periodicals and news programs.

In May 2024, Noah was proud to attend a series of events in Washington DC for Jewish American Heritage Month, including a private security briefing and a Rose Garden reception at the White House, where he was able to connect with many other Jewish leaders and social media influencers. In June 2024, Noah was part of a small delegation of Jewish college students flown to Israel to meet with President Herzog and Prime Minister Netanyahu and speak at the Knesset. Noah was presented with AEPi’s Michael Leffler Emerging Leader Award at its national conference in July 2024 and, once classes resumed last fall, Noah created a series of videos published on Instagram as a virtual reporter for Robert Kraft’s Foundation to Combat Antisemitism. In December 2024, Noah was invited to speak at several community events in South Florida and was honored to attend the White House Hannukah Party.

In addition to his activism internationally, Noah is also working on a local level at Columbia University as an Outreach Fellow with Aryeh, as the Israel Engagement Chair for AEPi, and is currently serving in his second year as President of the Meor Student Board. More information and details on Noah’s work can be found on his website at NoahJLederman.com

Tara Levine is the President of the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, responsible for leading and scaling the organization’s efforts to stand up to Jewish hate and all hate. In this role, she leverages her 20+ years of experience guiding global consumer brands through growth inflection points and engaging consumers’ hearts and minds. She served as GM, North America and Vice President at Converse, a subsidiary of Nike, and as Chief Growth Officer of Inari. She held multiple leadership roles at Ocean Spray, including Vice President of Strategy and M&A, as well as Managing Director of Ocean Spray’s Europe/Middle East/Africa business based in London. Levine also oversaw numerous brands at P&G/Gillette. Levine has also worked in the nonprofit space in several leadership roles, having served as the founding Director of Research and Advisory Services at Catalyst, a think tank advancing women in business, creating their consulting business, and writing the book “Creating Women’s Networks.” She also serves as a board member for the International Women’s Forum of Massachusetts. She holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BA from Brown University and resides in Boston.

After losing her sister Melissa to a degenerative neuromuscular disease at 28, Wendy Marantz Levine and her family Beauty Bus Foundation, a 15-year-old nonprofit that offers beauty and grooming treatments to patients and caregivers in homes and hospitals to deliver dignity when families need it most.  Wendy is a graduate of Duke University, where she wrote her senior honors thesis on the response of American Jewish Women to the Holocaust.  Wendy earned her law degree from University of Michigan.  After serving as a law clerk on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, teaching Appellate Education at Georgetown University Law Center and working at a law firm, Wendy was the Director of Litigation at Bet Tzedek Legal Services, where she helped spearhead the Holocaust Services Justice Network, helping thousands of Holocaust survivors around the country access reparations.

Alyza D. Lewin is the President of The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (“LDB”), a non-profit organization established to advance the civil and human rights of the Jewish people and promote justice for all. The Brandeis Center engages in research, education, and legal advocacy to combat the resurgence of antisemitism on college and university campuses, in the workplace, and elsewhere. It empowers students by training them to understand their legal rights and educates administrators and employers on best practices to combat racism and anti-Semitism. Ms. Lewin is also a co-founder and partner in Lewin & Lewin, LLP where she specializes in litigation, mediation and government relations. Her experience includes criminal defense, civil litigation and anti-discrimination matters.

Ms. Lewin led the litigation team that represented Avi Zinger, the Israeli licensee of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, in the lawsuit that Mr. Zinger filed against Unilever to prevent Ben & Jerry’s boycott of Israel. Ms. Lewin negotiated a successful resolution to that matter pursuant to which Avi Zinger obtained the right in perpetuity to sell Ben & Jerry’s ice cream everywhere in Israel and the territories using the Hebrew and Arabic logos.

In 2014, Lewin argued Zivotofsky v. Kerry (the “Jerusalem Passport” case) before the U.S. Supreme Court, a case involving the constitutionality of a law granting any American citizen born in Jerusalem the right to list “Israel” as the place of birth on his/her U.S. passport. In Zivotofsky, the Supreme Court held that the President of the United States has the exclusive authority to recognize foreign sovereigns. The case paved the way for President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. After 18 years, Ms. Lewin brought this pro-bono case to a successful resolution in October 2020, when Secretary of State Pompeo revised the US passport regulations and Ambassador David Friedman presented her client with the very first US passport to list “Israel” as place of birth for a US citizen born in Jerusalem.

Ms. Lewin, together with her father Nathan Lewin, also successfully represented the Boim family in its landmark civil tort litigation which established the right of American victims of terror to obtain damages under American law against organizations that knowingly provide financial support to international terrorist groups.

Ms. Lewin began her law career in Israel where she clerked on the Supreme Court for Deputy President Justice Menachem Elon. Ms. Lewin served as President of the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (“AAJLJ”) from 2012 – 2017. In January 2020, Ms. Lewin was awarded the AAJLJ’s distinguished Pursuit of Justice Award.

Ms. Lewin received her B.A. from Princeton University in 1988 and a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1992. She is a member of the bars of New York and the District of Columbia. Ms. Lewin has also been trained as a mediator by the American Arbitration Association and the Center for Dispute Settlement.

Ms. Lewin is married and has four children.

Aliza Licht is the founder of Leave Your Mark, a multimedia brand and consultancy advising businesses and individuals on brand strategy. She is an award-winning marketer, bestselling author, and personal branding expert whose insights have been featured in Harvard Business Review, WSJ, Fast Company, Inc., Financial Times, and other leading publications. Included in Forbes’s “19 Top Global Personal Branding Experts,” one of “America’s Next Top Mentors” by The New York Times, and among Business Insider’s “Top 20 Most Innovative Career Coaches,” Licht has been a prominent figure in the fashion and media industries for over 25 years. Credited as an award-winning social media pioneer and one of the first fashion influencers, Licht was the former anonymous social media phenomenon DKNY PR GIRL.

Her books include On Brand: Shape Your Narrative. Share Your Vision. Shift Their Perception. (2023 Union Square & Co.), which was awarded Best Book of 2023 in Business: Marketing and Advertising by the American Book Fest. Leave Your Mark: Land Your Dream Job. Kill It In Your Career. Rock Social Media. (2015 Grand Central), delivers career mentorship and advice for early professionals, and she is a contributing author to On Being Jewish Now, a USA Today bestseller (Zibby Books 2024). Her career advice podcast, Leave Your Mark, has garnered over 2 million downloads. Licht has appeared as an on-air expert in major media outlets, including Good Morning America, The Today Show, E!, Bloomberg, and more.

Sarah Livingston is AEN’s Director of Member Engagement. Prior to joining AEN, she was an adjunct instructor of Jewish Studies at Ohio University, where she developed Global Jewish Foodways, an experiential cultural competency course along with multiple courses focused on the diversity of the Jewish experience. From 2019–2023, Sarah served as Executive Director of Hillel at Ohio University growing their engagement and funding to the highest levels in 80 years. A scholar and a Jewish Professional Executive, Sarah co-founded Year of the Jewish Woman in 2018, a digital network of over 5,300 Jewish professional women focused on advancing gender equity in Jewish communal leadership. She joined its board in 2023. Sarah earned her B.A. in Russian Jewish History from The Ohio State University and her M.A. in Jewish Food History from the University of Toronto. Her work on Jewish identity, Mizrachi diversity, and food culture has been featured in The Forward, The LAist, and other Jewish news outlets.

A lawyer and member of the Barreau du Québec and of the Law Society of Ontario, Richard Marceau is a graduate from Québec City’s Université Laval Law School, the University of Western Ontario Law School and France’s École Nationale d’Administration.

Elected to the House of Commons in 1997 and twice re-elected, Richard now works as CIJA’s Vice President of External Affairs and General Counsel.

He is the author of Juif, Une histoire québécoise, and its English-language adaptation A Quebec Jew: From Bloc Québécois MP to Jewish Activist published at Les Éditions du Marais, for which he received the Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Award in 2012.

With Montreal-based Rabbi Adam Scheier, he compiled and edited the Canadian Haggadah Canadienne, published in 2015, which received positive acclaim in Canada and worldwide.

Richard was awarded the Canadian Jewish Congress’ Saul Hayes Human Rights Award in 2004 and the Republic of Poland’s Silver Cross of Merit in 2013.

He has been published in The Globe and Mail,The Toronto Star, The National Post, The Toronto Sun, The Hill Times, The Ottawa Citizen, US based Forward, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, Montreal’s La Presse and Le Devoir, Quebec City’s Le Soleil and in a variety of other publications. He has appeared on Radio-Canada, RDI, TVA, LCN, CBC, CTV, Global and other media outlets.

Rabbi Heather Miller is a professional educator and founder of The Multitudes, an organization that supports Jewish People of Color, promotes racial consciousness within Jewish communities and engages in bridge-building between the Black and Jewish communities. Between her workshops, public speaking and published work, Rabbi Heather’s work has reached over 8 million people. She was selected as one of NY Jewish Week’s 36 to Watch in 2023, has had her work featured on the internationally syndicated PBS show Table For All with Buki Elegbede and was honored to have spoken on the main stage at the 60th Commemoration of the March on Washington.  Though she serves the Jewish community in many capacities, her most cherished role is being the mother of three amazing boys who are descended from both formerly enslaved people and Holocaust survivors.

Rabbi Joel Nickerson is the Senior Rabbi of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, the largest synagogue on the West Coast, with over 10,000 members.  In his role, he oversees the vision and direction of the institution, which includes three preschools, two Jewish Day Schools (K-6 grade), three Religious Schools, a summer camp, an event space, and the Karsh Family Social Service Center, which provides vital resources to individuals in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles.  In addition to his work at the synagogue, Rabbi Nickerson serves on the Executive Committee of the Los Angeles Board of Rabbis, an organization that supports rabbis of all denominations throughout the Los Angeles area, and is a Fellow in the Rabbinic Leaders Initiative of the Shalom Hartman Institute, a think-tank based in Jerusalem.  He is a co-founder of JLIS (Jewish Leaders in Schools), which supports Jewish parent leaders at nearly 40 Independent (Private) schools across Los Angeles and serves on the DEIB Steering Committee at the Windward School in Los Angeles. Instagram: @rabbijoel

Julia Nickerson, known as “The Rabbi’s Wife” to Rabbi Joel Nickerson of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, is a writer whose work has been featured on “On Being Jewish Now.” She is the proud mother of three daughters and serves as a guest lecturer in Homiletics at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles. Julia is also a co-founder of Jewish Leaders in Schools (JLIS), an initiative supporting Jewish parent leaders at independent K-12 schools. Before venturing into Jewish communal life, Julia had a vibrant career in the arts, performing in Broadway LA, earning an NAACP nomination for producing, and working as a television development executive. Her unique experiences across both the arts and Jewish leadership shape her perspective on faith, family, and community.

James Pasch is the ADL’s Vice President, Litigation, after serving as ADL’s Cleveland Regional Director (serving Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania). James is leading a legal advocacy practice for ADL during a particularly important time, as antisemitism and extremism become more mainstream.

Notably, in November 2023, he oversaw the launch of CALL (Campus Antisemitism Legal Line), a free hotline, providing legal assistance for anyone experiencing antisemitism on college campuses. The project has already led to sweeping changes that have been instituted on campuses and K12 schools to protect Jewish students, after ADL filings.

James is also leading ADL’s legal efforts in fighting back against the deadliest antisemitic attack since the Holocaust. ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) and Crowell & Moring LLP filed a federal lawsuit alleging Iran, Syria and North Korea provided material support to Hamas that enabled it to commit atrocities in Israel on October 7, 2023, that killed, injured, and terrorized scores of U.S. citizens and their families. In a world in which October 7^th denialism took hold almost immediately after the attack, this case will set the record straight about the horrors of what occurred on that day, who was responsible for providing material support for this heinous terrorist attack, and will ultimately provide a path for justice, accountability and redress.

In his time leading the ADL Cleveland Office, James launched a pro-bono legal assistance program to assist victims of hate crimes in Ohio and drove the region’s response in the aftermath of the Tree of Life synagogue attack in Pittsburgh. James Pasch graduated from University of Vermont and earned his law degree at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. Prior to entering the legal profession, James worked on Capitol Hill, first for Senator Frank Lautenberg and then as a law clerk on the Senate Judiciary Committee for Senator Patrick Leahy. He then built a thriving small firm litigation practice in Cleveland. James served as the Case Western Reserve Law School’s Assistant Dean of Development and External Affairs during the Law School’s Capital Campaign. James has also served two-terms as a Councilman in Beachwood, where he led the City’s passage of its anti-discrimination ordinance.

Candice Perilstein is the Associate Director of Jewish Partnerships at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), working to expand ADL’s reach with Jewish communal campus organizations across the country through partnerships and advocacy efforts. Joining ADL in 2019, Candice previously served as the Associate Regional Director for the Florida office. No stranger to the campus space, prior to ADL she held positions with Hillel at Vanderbilt University, as well as on the headquarters staff at Zeta Beta Tau as Director of Growth. She graduated with her Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Miami and Master of Education with a focus in College Student Affairs from the University of South Florida.

Born and raised in London, Steven built a career in technology, solving large scale IT and Cyber Security challenges. While at Amazon, he founded their Jewish Employee Group, igniting his passion for building Jewish communities and educating others about Jewish identity.

In 2022, Steven co-founded JewishERGs, now the world’s largest network of Jewish Employee Resource Group (ERG) leaders. The organization helps establish and grow Jewish ERGs globally, fostering inclusion in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

In 2024, Steven left his technology career behind to focus full-time on JewishERGs. Since then, he has created and led two trips to Israel, partnered with Clal on groundbreaking research into Jewish workplace experiences, and has built a thriving global community of Jewish leaders.

Lindsay grew her first company to reach 3MM people and generate 7-figures before leading its acquisition less than a decade later.

Following her exit in 2021, Lindsay uses nearly 25 years of experience to help women business owners take their brands to the next level with easy to execute, cost effective and proven strategies. ⁠Since October 7, 2023, Lindsay has spoken up for Israel and the Jewish Community, combating antisemitism and keeping her community informed.

While many warned her that she may lose business or followers, she trusted her intuition and continued to speak from the heart. As a result her platform has more than tripled and her business enquiries are up over 500%—thus proving that it’s never wrong to do what’s right.

As Vice President of International Policy, Susan Heller Pinto oversees ADL’s advocacy, research and education work combatting global antisemitism, promoting the security of Jewish communities around the world, and advocating for a safe, Jewish and democratic State of Israel.

Susan joined ADL in 1993 as Assistant Director of Middle Eastern Affairs and has worked for over three decades to develop and implement ADL’s international affairs priorities.

Robert Pitkofsky serves as Section Chief for the Office of the New York State Attorney General. He represents five New York State Department of Health owned and operated hospitals and nursing homes in state supreme and surrogate courts across New York. Earlier this year, Robert was proud to initiate OAG’s first ever Jewish heritage celebration.

Robert has served as inside and outside corporate and litigation counsel, servicing clients in a wide range of practice areas including representing corporate and not-for-profit clients in employment discrimination and wage & hour matters. He also previously worked as the assistant general counsel at the Anti-Defamation League, currently serves on his synagogue’s board of trustees, and was awarded Israel Bonds’ Lion of Judah award. He is a former chair of the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation & Foundation of Rockland County (NY).

Robert earned a JD from Rutgers University School of Law, a BA from Binghamton University and in May, he expects to complete his MPA from the University at Albany.

Adam Pollack wakes up every day asking himself how he can bring meaning and purpose to the world. He sees 18Doors’s mission as the answer to that call by empowering interfaith families and couples to make Jewish choices and by helping Jewish organizations to become places of belonging for interfaith couples and families. Over his 20+ year career in the Jewish nonprofit sector, Adam has developed experience in philanthropy, organizational development, Jewish education and young adult engagement. Adam holds a MA in Jewish Experiential Education from The Jewish Theological Seminary and a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership and Management from ASU’s Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions.

In his spare time, Adam served on several local boards, including most recently at Sha’ar Zahav, a historically LGBTQ+ synagogue in San Francisco where he lives. On the weekends, he can be found running trails across the Bay Area and spending time with his husband, Nathan, and their dog, Stewie.

As General Counsel and part of the Chief Legal Office, Jane Pollack leads the team that is focused on day-to-day legal operations, working to help ADL meet its objectives while mitigating legal risk.

Prior to joining ADL in 2024, Jane held senior legal roles at Fanatics Betting and Gaming – the online and retail sports betting subsidiary of Fanatics – and Uber, where she was an Associate General Counsel. She also held various legal roles at Citi. Jane started her career as an associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.

Jane was a James Kent Scholar at Columbia Law School and received her BA from Wesleyan University.

Liz Price is Senior Counsel at Alston & Bird, having previously served as the firm’s Chief Legal Talent Partner. In this position, Liz was responsible for the hiring, training, development, compensation, and promotion of the firm’s lawyers as part of its integrated approach to talent management. From 1986 to 2008, Liz was a trial attorney at Alston & Bird and served as regional and national counsel in major products liability and toxic tort matters for numerous Fortune 100 companies.

Liz serves on the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) National Board of Directors as well as on the board of the Southeast Region of ADL, and is a former Regional Board Chair and former national Chair of Civil Rights for the ADL. She is a past chair of the NALP Foundation and serves on the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust. Liz is the Chair of the Southeast Regional Advisory Board for UNICEF. Liz is a past president of the Atlanta Bar Association and the Atlanta Bar Foundation, and a former member of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia. She has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America® and Super Lawyers, including as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in Georgia. Before attending college, Liz served in the U.S. Army as an interrogator/Arabic linguist for three years.

I am the founder of Mothers Against College Antisemitism and President of the MACA Foundation

Elizabeth Rand was leading an ordinary life when on October 26, 2023 she created Mothers Against College Antisemitism (M.A.C.A.). After being in other Jewish groups and seeing the sadness and despair over the post-October 7th situation on college campuses, she launched the group to give Jewish moms and others a place to share information and brainstorm solutions to the problems faced by Jewish college students. The group became a 501c3 in December 2024 as The MACA Foundation.

Professionally she works for a large insurance company where she does state filings and describes herself as a midlevel worker bee.

Ms. Rand is proud of attending law school for four years at night while she worked full time, got married in her second year, had a baby in her third year and still graduated on time and passed the New York State Bar Exam on the first shot.

She is a two time cancer survivor as a result of the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and will celebrate 15 years cancer free in June 2025.

When she is not annoying her Board members she can be found working out, something she has done nearly every day for 32 years. A former marathon runner, she now competes in triathlons where she can be found at the back of the pack just hoping to finish.

She also loves to travel with her husband and son Zachary. In the last few years they have cruised through the Mediterranean, zip lined in Costa Rica, did a pre-Bar Mitzvah trip to Israel, hiked a volcano in Iceland, went on Safari in Kenya, and travelled around Morocco by train, and celebrated Chanukah in Vienna.

She is an only child who lost both of her parents in a 5 week period at the end of 2022. She hopes they are looking down at all of this and that they are proud.

Jessica Reaves is the Director of Content and Editorial Strategy for the ADL Center on Extremism. She has written extensively about the foundational role of misogyny within a range of extremist groups and movements, including incels and white supremacy.

Before joining the COE in 2014, Reaves was a reporter for more than 15 years, covering politics, the U.S. Supreme Court and global health as a staff writer for the Chicago Tribune, Ms., the Chicago News Cooperative and TIME.com, among others. Reaves is a graduate of Duke University.

Phil Rosenberg is the 49th President of the Board of Deputies of British Jews. At 38, he is the youngest ever President in the Board’s 264-year history. Phil is the Deputy for Brondesbury Park Synagogue. A consultant specialising in government relations, media, faith and diplomacy, he has served as an elected local councillor in the London Borough of Camden and was previously Director of the Faiths Forum for London. Phil is married to Frances.

Hi, my name is Gabriela Rubin, and I’m a junior at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, majoring in Journalism and Media Studies. I have a deep passion for storytelling and communication, and I love traveling, immersing myself in different cultures, and spending quality time with my friends and family. In May 2023, I had the incredible opportunity to visit Israel for the first time, and I instantly fell in love with its rich history, vibrant culture, and strong sense of community. That experience deepened my connection to my heritage, making the events of October 7th even more heartbreaking. Seeing my home and my people attacked was devastating, and I knew I had to take action. Advocating for Israel on campus wasn’t just a choice; it was a necessity, so I became actively involved with organizations like Students Supporting Israel (SSI), Meor, and Olami. Through these groups, I’ve had the opportunity to educate my peers, engage in meaningful discussions, and work toward fostering a stronger, more informed community. As I continue my journey at Rutgers, I remain committed to using my voice as both a journalist and an advocate to inform, inspire, and stand up for the causes I believe in. Hillel, Chabad, and I have met some of the best people in my life!

Wendy Sachs is a filmmaker, Emmy-award winning network news television producer (NBC, CNN, FOX), writer, author and speaker. She is the director and executive producer of OCTOBER 8, the critically acclaimed documentary about the explosion of antisemitism on college campuses, on social media and in the streets of America in the aftermath of Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7th. Debra Messing is also an executive producer on the film.

Dr. Karen (Kat) Schrier is Full Professor and Director of Games & Emerging Media at Marist University. She is also a game design consultant for World Health Organization (WHO) and CEO of PlatyPlay, LLC, which designs games for care, health, and inclusion. She has been doing research on bias and games with ADL since 2018. Dr. Schrier is the author/editor of over 100 published works, including We the Gamers (Oxford University Press) and Knowledge Games (JHU Press).

See more at: https://www.karenschrier.com/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/katschrier/.

Matthew Segal is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of ATTN:, a media company that bridges entertainment with topical issues to explain the world around us. Since launching ATTN: in the fall of 2014, he has built the company’s content operation into an award-winning, global media brand that sold to Candle Media in 2022. He has been instrumental in spearheading the ATTN:’s partnerships with TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, ABC News, Apple, and HBO to launch premium video in a variety of original formats.

Segal is a seasoned interviewer and has sat down for exclusives with a wide range of political and cultural leaders including President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry, House Leader Nancy Pelosi as well as music legends Bono, Keith Richards, and Patti Smith.

Previously, Matthew was the co-founder and president of OurTime.org, one of the nation’s largest non-profit organizations committed to increasing voter participation among young Americans.

Matthew is also a regular TV commentator who has contributed to MSNBC, CNN, The Today Show, as well as Real Time with Bill Maher. He has also been an ABC News correspondent, and host of a radio show on SiriusXM. In 2017, The Hollywood Reporter named Matthew one of the entertainment industry’s top 35 Under 35.

Segal was born and raised in Chicago and graduated from Kenyon College in Ohio.

As Vice President of the Center on Extremism, Oren Segal leads the organization’s efforts to combat extremism, terrorism, and all forms of hate both in the physical world and online. Recognized as a foremost authority on extremism, the Center on Extremism consists of a team of experts, analysts, and investigators who provide invaluable resources, expertise, and educational briefings to law enforcement agencies, public officials, and internet and technology companies.

Throughout his tenure at ADL, Oren has dedicated much of his time to evaluating and countering the trends, tactics, and impact of antisemitism and extremism across the entire ideological spectrum. He regularly appears on national and international media outlets, provides expert witness testimony, and speaks at conferences worldwide. In recognition of his exceptional service in the public interest, Oren was honored by the FBI in 2006. He was named one of the 50 influential, intriguing, and inspiring American Jews by the Forward in 2019. Prior to joining ADL in 1998, Oren worked for The New York Times and the Jewish Community Federation in San Francisco. He is a graduate of Wheaton College in Massachusetts.

Raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Barri Seitz is an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin in the Plan II Honors program pursuing a second major in Human Dimensions of Organization. A founder of Longhorn Students for Israel at UT Austin and an alumna of JNF’s Alexander Muss High School in Israel, Barri has firsthand experience fighting Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism on- and off- campuses. Barri currently serves as the Co-Chair of Texas Hillel’s Israel Block Party and the President-Elect of the University Panhellenic Council at UT Austin.

Ray B. Shackelford is a Native Houstonian passionate about problem solving to develop transformational solutions that ensure the community is better than he found it. Professionally, he has accumulated a diverse work experience spanning education, non-profit, the private sector working for corporations like Coca-Cola, Grainger, and Southwest Airlines. He also has experience as an entrepreneur launching his own social impact consulting firm, Ozark Street, in 2019.

In July of 2024, Ray accepted the role of Vice President of Equitable Justice for the National Urban League (NUL). The highlight of his first 6 months included serving as coleader for the 2024 nonpartisan “Reclaim Your Vote” campaign and supporting the build out of the Equitable Justice and Strategic Initiatives (EJSI) Division’s new team. In 2025 his top priorities include year-round civic engagement, the anti-hate political violence portfolio, civic education and several other policy portfolio areas in support of NUL’s more than 92 affiliates. In total, he has been involved with the NUL for more than 23 years.

Ray’s education consists of a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration-Finance from Morehouse College, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Houston and a Master of Policy Management from Georgetown University.

He has also been nominated twice by the mayor to serve on boards for the city of Houston. The first in 2016, the Independent Police Oversight Board (IPOB), where he reviewed use of force complaints and made recommendations on training, updates to the general orders, and in some cases discipline. In 2020, Ray was appointed to the Houston Housing Finance Corporation (HHFC). On this board he works to provide gap financing on affordable housing projects, ensuring that they are both profitable and in the best interest of the community. In 2024, he was made a federal appointee for the inaugural HBCU MSI advisory committee for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Outside of his board service Ray has also worked to educate the community consistently through various platforms at one point serving as a host on podcast, radio and tv. All these local efforts have been focused on educating the community on the civic process and providing actionable steps to make a difference.

He is a lifelong member of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church where he serves on the Social Justice Ministry. Ray is also a proud member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated.

Ray wears a lot of hats, but none is more important to him than the hat of “father.” Ray is the proud father of a fifteen-year-old daughter, Jordan.

Alona Shaked is the Director of Advocacy & Partnerships at the Jewish Grad Organization (JGO), the movement for Jewish graduate students, alumni and allies from 155 campuses throughout North America. Alona started her career as a litigator at an AM 100 law firm in Los Angeles before transitioning into non-profit management and executive coaching. She joined JGO this past summer and is responsible for managing the organization’s response to campus antisemitism, creating advocacy programming for Jewish graduate students, and forging beneficial partnerships for the organization. Alona is also a breast cancer survivor and women’s health activist and founded her own non-profit, Thrivacious, a women’s cancer support organization for English speakers living in Israel. Alona received her B.A. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and  J.D. from UCLA School of Law. She currently resides in Portland, Oregon with her family.

Adam Shapiro is an educational thought leader, experienced strategic advisor, and non-profit CEO. His organizational leadership success as the Head of a PreK-12th independent school (Golda Och Academy, NJ), established him as a leader in both the education and non-profit world. Following his 2 decades at Golda Och Academy, Adam launched H3 Strategy Group, a consulting firm that provides high-level strategic guidance and support for non-profits, foundations, schools (public, independent, and Jewish day schools), political campaigns, and educational policy organizations. As the Senior Advisor to JLIS (Jewish Leaders in Schools), he has had the opportunity to combine many of his professional skills while guiding Jewish parents and students on ways to create positive and collaborative working relationships with their respective school leaders. Adam is a graduate of Emory University and received his masters degree from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He’s an avid Philadelphia sports fan, little league baseball and basketball coach, and an active leader in his community. Currently, Adam and his wife Rena reside outside of New York City with their three school-aged children.

Melissa Dunn Silesky is the Director of Research Strategy at the Center for Antisemitism Research (CAR) within the ADL. In this role, Melissa leads CAR’s messaging research portfolio, focusing on the translation of research findings into real-world impact. Prior to ADL, Melissa was the Associate Director of Research at The Public Good Projects (PGP), a public health nonprofit. There, she led communications and evaluation studies focused on vaccine hesitancy, harm reduction, and the role of social media influencers as public health messengers. She holds a Masters in Public Health from Columbia University Mailman School of Public

Tema Smith has served as ADL’s Director of Jewish Outreach & Partnerships since 2022. In this capacity, she oversees ADL’s engagement with national Jewish organizations, where she builds relationships to understand Jewish communal needs in fighting antisemitism and bias, and develops programs and initiatives to support the Jewish community nation-wide.

Before joining ADL, Tema served the Jewish community in numerous professional and volunteer roles, including Holocaust education, synagogue engagement, and professional development, and has served on the boards of numerous organizations. Her writing on timely themes, such as identity, antisemitism, and racism, has been featured in The Forward, the Globe and Mail, MyJewishLearning, and more. Her leadership in Jewish professional life has been recognized by her peers with a JPro Young Professionals Award in 2022.

Before becoming a Jewish professional, she studied 20th Century Jewish Philosophy and Political Thought at McMaster University as a graduate student in the Department of Religious Studies, and as a visiting graduate student at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Melinda Strauss (@therealmelindastrauss) is a New York-based Jewish content creator and influencer with over 1.4 million followers on TikTok and Instagram. She is celebrated for her engaging and educational content, which explores Orthodox Judaism, kosher recipes, Jewish history, Antisemitism, and Zionism, while sharing insights into her everyday life. Through her blend of cultural practices and modern storytelling, Melinda provides followers with a fresh perspective on preserving tradition. Born and raised in Seattle, WA, Melinda has been blogging and sharing her love of cooking since 2011. Her debut cookbook is set to release in fall 2025. Connect with Melinda on TikTok and Instagram @therealmelindastrauss or visit her website at melindastrauss.com.

Jackie Subar serves as the National Director of Strategic Partnerships at the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). In her capacity she is responsible for bolstering national partnerships and for driving ADL’s critical efforts working with communities and lawmakers alike to advance the organization’s mission to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all. Jackie has served in many capacities at the intersection of advocacy and community building. Before joining ADL, Jackie was the Assistant Director for American Jewish Committee’s (AJC) Department of Policy and Political Affairs. In this role, she was responsible for advancing AJC’s mission on Capitol Hill; for fostering strategic relationships in the U.S. House and Senate, and for managing AJC’s legislative work on areas related to civil rights, hate crimes, religious minorities, domestic terrorism, and online hate. She worked closely with the Congressional Caucus on Black-Jewish Relations. Jackie has spent her professional career in Washington where she has worked to foster intergroup and diplomatic relations. She obtained her master’s in Public Administration from the George Bush School at Texas A&M University and prior to graduate school spent a year studying in Israel.

Catherine Teitelbaum is a leading expert in digital Trust & Safety with over 20 years of experience shaping online safety standards. A recognized thought leader in responsible technology, Catherine creates frameworks prioritizing privacy, safety, age-appropriate design, and responsible AI. Following a career as an educator, she has held leadership roles at Yahoo, Twitch, and now Amazon, where she is Head of Family Trust for Amazon Kids, leading initiatives that empower children to safely explore digital spaces while giving parents confidence and control. As a sought-after speaker on digital well-being and online safety, Catherine advocates for solutions that empower families to thrive in today’s rapidly changing digital landscape.

Dr. Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath is a lifelong Jewish educator and learner. She is the Senior Director of Knowledge, Ideas and Learning at The Jewish Education Project. Samantha is a recognized expert on Jewish teens, antisemitism, Israel, and Jewish identity. She is the author of #antisemitism: Coming of Age During the Resurgence of Hate, a finalist for the 2022 National Jewish Book Award in the category of Identity + Jewish Education. Samantha is an alumna of the University of Pittsburgh, the Jewish Theological Seminary, and Gratz College. She lives in New York and is currently at work on her next book.

As the director of the Chabad at Princeton University, Gitty Webb is an inspiration to many and her passion for honesty, truth, and Jewish awareness, is infectious. On campus, Gitty is the founder and director of the JOTS program and the BANOT society. Globally, Gitty is a founder of Met At Chabad, a matchmaking platform for Chabad House singles. She is also a founder of the Ashreinu Society which offers programming for more than 200 women who serve as Chabad House directors. Gitty is married to Rabbi Eitan Webb and is the mother of 6 children.

Kareem K.W.O.E. Wells is an entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and Level Next recording artist known for his raw and uncensored life story presented through spoken word and musical performances. His message, rooted in the K.W.O.E. Theory of Change—Know your genius, Work to be unstoppable, Own your actions, and Explore the world—has become a way of life, providing him the strength to share his passion and make a difference in his own life as well as in the lives of others. Kareem’s vibrant and impactful presence supports building bridges between communities and impacting the day to day of those within those communities.

From the streets to the C-suites, Kareem has not settled for his own success. He has applied the entrepreneurial skills he learned on the streets of the West Side of Chicago to build the K.W.O.E. Group. This brand portfolio includes Flow Entertainment, the K.W.O.E. Foundation, K.W.O.E Stories, and K.W.O.E The Artist.
As founder & CEO, Kareem launched Flow Entertainment in 2006 and leads a team of, what he calls “Flowfessionials”, that bring together families, friends and co-workers to celebrate. From bar/bat mitzvahs to birthday parties, to weddings & corporate events, Flow brings something special to every event. Flow Entertainment has quickly risen to be the most sought after interactive entertainment company in Chicago. Coined “King of the Mitzvahs” (CNN’s Great Big Story and Chicago Magazine),  Kareem has taken the lessons he learned growing up on the West Side of Chicago along with the Jewish teachings of a mitzvah, (a good deed done from religious duty) and created “Parties with Purpose” (featured on NBC Chicago’s Making A Difference) in partnership with the K.W.O.E. Foundation. Through this concept, he inspires others to perform acts of human kindness while building bridges between all communities to ensure a better future for generations to come.

With a grateful heart, Kareem started his 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the K.W.O.E. Foundation. Through this foundation, he gives his time, shares life lessons, and provides financial support to charitable causes and organizations throughout the city. Additionally, Kareem serves as the director of Champs Male Mentoring West Side, where he mentors young men, helping them navigate life’s challenges and achieve their dreams and goals.  Kareem is also a strong advocate for non-violence.  He is often seen marching with his “No More Violence” flag and supporting campaigns across the city.

In addition to his entrepreneurial and philanthropic efforts, Kareem is a sought-after speaker. He has delivered a compelling talk as a TedX speaker, sharing his personal life experiences and the K.W.O.E. Theory of Change to inspire a diverse audience to overcome challenges and strive for excellence. His impactful work has also been recognized and published in the Library of Congress, further establishing him as a thought leader and motivational figure.

Kareem K.W.O.E. Wells continues to make a significant impact through his diverse endeavors, embodying the principles of his K.W.O.E. Theory of Change and inspiring others to achieve their potential and make a positive difference in the world.

“Dream Big, Never Give Up and Always Give Back!” – Kareem K.W.O.E. Wells

Modi Wiczyk is the co-founder and co-Chairman of leading independent entertainment company MRC, whose film and television shows include AMERICAN FICTION, SALTBURN, KNIVES OUT, TED, POKER FACE, OZARK, and HOUSE OF CARDS. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School. Modi served as Board Chair of the Mirman School from 2017 until 2022. He is also the co-founder of Jewish Leaders in Schools and the founder of Students for 2 States, a group which educates high school seniors about anti-Zionism on college campuses.

Lauren Wolman is ADL’s Director of Federal Policy and Strategy where she leads ADL’s engagement on Capitol Hill. She leads federal advocacy on key issues including extremism, national security, appropriations, and hate crimes. Lauren previously worked on Capitol Hill for 13 years, where she focused on efforts to strengthen the U.S.-Israel relationship, combat antisemitism, and fight hate in all forms. She served as the Floor Director and Legislative Director for Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Chief Deputy Whip and senior member of the Appropriations Committee. She also worked for her hometown representative, Congressman Brad Sherman where she ultimately became his Legislative Director and Deputy Chief of Staff. Lauren was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Allison Wu is the CEO & Co-Founder of 1636 Forum, a nonprofit mobilizing Harvard alumni to support the university in refocusing on its core mission of academic excellence—upheld by open inquiry & constructive dialogue, student safety, and principled governance. Over 20,000 Harvard alumni—as well as university leaders, faculty, and staff—rely on 1636 Forum’s weekly newsletter for clear, digestible analysis of what’s actually happening across the university and how to drive meaningful change.

Allison co-founded 1636 Forum in 2024 with Sam Lessin, a Harvard alumnus, general partner at Slow Ventures, and former VP of Product at Facebook. 1636 Forum grew out of Sam’s record-breaking write-in campaign for the Harvard Board of Overseers following the October 7th attacks.

Before becoming CEO of 1636 Forum, Allison was a principal at Slow Ventures. She previously was a product manager at Apple, where she led the development, launch, and marketing of products like AirPods Pro, Spatial Audio, and Apple Watch. Previously, Allison worked at Fitbit, where she led the development of software and hardware products and was a named inventor on a patent for women’s health technology.

Allison holds a BA from Williams College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Sara Wyn Kane one of the founding partners at Valli Kane & Vagnini LLP (“VKV”), has devoted over twenty (20) years of her legal career fighting for her clients Civil Rights. Ms. Kane honed her litigation skills while working as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the Manhattan Trial Unit for the City of New York.  While defending the City’s employees and the City itself, Ms. Kane conducted and defended hundreds of depositions, participated in extensive motion practice, pre-trial and trial work.

Following her time at Corporation Counsel, Ms. Kane represented plaintiffs in employment discrimination disputes while working for a NY civil rights litigation firm. Ms. Kane supervised a team of attorneys in the prosecution and settlement of numerous mass action race, gender and age discrimination cases involving thousands of plaintiffs, resulting in millions of dollars in settlements for her clients. Since forming VKV Ms. Kane has focused her practice on the negotiation, mediation and litigation of individual as well as complex mass, class and/or collective actions primarily in the areas of employment discrimination, sexual harassment and hostile work environment, wage and hour violations and whistleblower/Qui Tam cases.

Ms. Kane has been co-lead counsel in a number of mass/class/collective action cases against a wide variety of national and international companies throughout the country. These include but are not limited to: representing a class of women in a Hostile Work Environment and Gender Discrimination action against Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp., (settled $7.15M in DCD); represented Parking Production Assistants against numerous major film and television companies, including HBO, Warner Brothers, ABC, NBCUniversal, SONY, FOX, CBS (FLSA & NYLL claims settled for a combined total of $30M-SDNY); represented workers in an environmental racism case against Sara Lee ($4M, EDTX); represented Assistant Store Managers against Marshalls (TJX) in a wage and hour misclassification case (Training Claims Settled- $4,750,000, ASM case settled for $31,500,000) -DCMA); represented managers in a misclassification case against Panda Express (settled – SDNY) and Allstate Insurance (ERISA, Breach of Contract & Age Claims-resolved – EDPA).

David Yolkut is Counsel at Mayer Brown LLP, where he is a member of the firm’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Supreme Court & Appellate practice groups. David focuses on a wide variety of complex commercial disputes in federal and state courts, and he has extensive experience in media and entertainment litigation. David also maintains an active pro bono practice, with a particular focus on protecting religious freedom. In 2024, David and a team at Mayer Brown brought a Title VI complaint against the School District of Philadelphia on behalf of the ADL, addressing repeated incidents of antisemitic harassment, bullying, and discrimination. The matter resulted in a Resolution Agreement between the school district and the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, in which the school district agreed to implement comprehensive reforms to its policies and practices. David has also successfully represented Jewish day schools, synagogues, eruv associations, and homeowners in high-profile civil and constitutional cases when religious liberties are threatened. In 2019, David and his team secured one of the largest ever recoveries under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act for a synagogue in Clifton, New Jersey. In recognition of his pro bono efforts, David was recently honored by the Orthodox Union.

David received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania law school, and his B.A. from Yeshiva University.

Ali Zelenko is SVP of External Affairs Strategy. In this role she leads organization-wide media and marketing campaigns, and oversees the communications and brand/marketing teams.

She’s a veteran of the media industry – most recently at NBC News, where she was SVP of communications and chief spokesperson for all shows, units and platforms. She also led strategic initiatives for the division, as well as partnerships for its documentary film unit. And she ran an award-winning company-wide marketing campaign for NBC Universal.

Previously she was SVP of comms at TIME, leading media relations and special projects, including the TIME 100 Gala, one of the industry’s most prestigious events.

Earlier in her career she also led comms efforts for CNN, Time Inc. and People magazine.

She’s on the boards of the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, the Peabodys and City Year New York. She previously served as Board of Visitors Chair of the School of Journalism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which has also given her two honors: the Distinguished Alumni Award and the Nafziger Award.